Leader and vocal critic of the Prime Ministers approach to Brexit Ruth Davidson resigns from fight citing and personal reasons. Counsellors and personal reasons. Counsellors and afight and personal reasons. Counsellors and a fight citing professional and personal reasons. Counsellors in england when that funding uncertainty means that some Vital Services for the elderly and disabled are at risk. And mixed fortu nes disabled are at risk. And mixed fortunes for the english clubs in the Champions League, group stage draw. Plans to soup in bottom of the five weeks in the to brexit start today with conservative mps forcing hostility to the mover. The former justice secretary has warned that time is running out for mps trying to prevent the uk leaving the European Union without a deal and that this coming week may be their only opportunity. The government, though, called it phoney and accused mps of trying to overturn brexit. Heres our political editor. Tempers hot, nerves a member of the go
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Coming up, next on cspan treasury secretary jack lew talking about the economic effects of Climate Change followed by president obamas recent visit to the u. N. Where he addressed the General Assembly and led a Security Council meeting on foreign terrorist fighters. Good afternoon. On behalf of the hamilton project thank you for joining us this afternoon for a public discussion of the Economic Costs of Climate Change. It is our privilege today to host u. S. Treasury secretary jacob lew who will give remarks on Climate Change and followed by a roundtable discussion between secretary lew and former treasury robert l suching bin and professor of economics at chicago Michael Green stone, before i turn it over to secretary ruben i would like to give a brief introduction to the project, and this is at the brook ings institution is named after Alexander Hamilton the first secretary who laid the foundation for the modern American Economy so its fitting we welcome two u. S. Treasury second secr
Rather than shake the hand of the incoming president. Hello im katty kay in washington, Christian Fraser is in london. Its election day in the us state of georgia. Yes, another one. This time two senate seats are up for grabs, in a pair of races that will decide which Party Controls the us senate. Its the most important election in america since well the last election in america. Democrats and republicans have spent hundreds of millions of dollars because why not drop a few more million on an American Election ensuring their candidates have the best chance of winning. 33 year old democrat jon ossoff is hoping to defeat the incumbent david purdue. And Kelly Loeffler a favourite of the trump crowd is looking to hold off a challenge by the democrat, reverend raphael warnock. So heres a quick reminder why this race in georgia is so important. The senate currently stands at 50 republicans and 48 democrats. There are two vacant seats. If ossoff and warnock win their races, democrats would ha
This is bbc news with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. Back to school for pupils in england and wales, but a warning that some children are months behind in their learning ministers say its vital students return to the classroom. Schools are open, theyre ready for those young people, theyve put in place all the measures that ive been talking about to keep people safe. But it is important for both their educational prospects and their Mental Health that young people are back in school over the course of this week. Two if youve got children going back to school this week how are you feeling about it . vicderbyshire or email victoria bbc. Co. Uk. President Trump Defends one of his supporters whos charged with murdering two people during protests against the Police Shooting of a black man. Marcus rashfords new goal, the Manchester United striker tells the bbc why hes heading up a task force to make sure children dont go hungry. I feel like at times people th